What we do
Our Mission
At Barber Associates, we believe that the way to achieve better outcomes is through better decisions. We care about those who are vulnerable economically, socially and/or culturally and want to be part of the solution to eliminate the system of poverty that keeps them trapped so they can be all they are meant to be.
To this end, we created “Better Decisions. Better Outcomes”, a proven 5-stage method that enables public leaders to take a holistic, systematic, relational approach to engage and think with key stakeholders how best to achieve vision for better public value. It produces a Portfolio Business case to inform initiatives that require investment and policy decisions.
Dr. Joe Flanagan-Joint Chief Examiner of the UK Better Business Case Programme, Architect of the 5 Case Model, and author of the HM Treasury Guides for the development of Programme and Project Business Cases-fully endorses BDBO approach to the development of Portfolio Business Cases.
One of the mistakes we most often see is that business cases are written as a compliance document to secure funding rather than a campaign to deliver public value. If you focus on the funding, you will miss your funding target. If you focus on thinking through public value, you’ll get the investor wanting to invest more. Engagement is key and is just one of the elements we assist with.
Key Benefits
There are 8 distinct advantages of the Barber Associates Engagement Model:
Capability
It delivers capability so less consultancy support is needed in future.
Clarity
It enables clarity of the dependencies between the initiatives enabling the leadership team to determine the overall value of the projects.
Confidence
It ensures the right initiatives are identified from the get-go.
Engagement
It engages stakeholders in the short and long term.
Fiscal
It helps prioritise with tight budgets.
Participation
It enables increased public participation.
Transparency
It provides rapid scenario planning with trade-offs between initiatives.
Vision
It better places the development of long-term planning.